Colombia Travel and Tourism Guide

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Colombia is a surprising place. It has a beautiful capital city surrounded by green mountains, amazing beaches, and stunning colonial structures. The cities offer a unique mix of tradition with the cosmopolitan and the people are among the friendliest you'll meet in your travels.

Unfortunately, Colombia still maintains its reputation for lack of safety, dating back to the 80s. Although safety is much better than it used to be (with regular road blocks, checks and a weakening in rebel strength), caution and common sense should still be exercised in certain rural areas.

Geographically, Colombia has numerous options. Within its borders, Colombia has snow-capped mountains, deserts, tropical beaches, volcanoes, rainforest, grasslands and everything in between. These allow a range of different options from bathing in a mud volcano and paragliding to Amazonian adventure and Andean activity.

As travellers, we can be reluctant to speak with people who walk up to us on the street, but many Colombians who do this are sincere and simply curious. Give Colombia a chance and you won't be disappointed.
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Teddys Trans-World Travels
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Apr 30, 2008
As I said in the summary, I'm a dashingly handsome 3yr old Teddy Bear called Paddy (short for Patrick - but I'm actually quite tall - over 20cms!) from Scoil Cnoc na Naomh, a primary school in Doire Chonaire, Gort an Choirce, Dhún na nGall (Donegal in Ireland). I'm being sort of 'bear-napped' by this PaulKernan guy who is taking me on his travels to Spain and Colombia. I've seen lots of the world already, been to Disney World Paris, Australia, USA, Scotland and England but this is my f...
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Bogota Blog
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Apr 26, 2008 - May 07, 2008
After much planning and saving, I've finally made the leap across the atlantic and landed in beautiful Bogota. I chose the Madrid route so I could get a glimpse of that wonderful city en-route. The flight was 11 hours of the usual excitement mixed with stiff neck, itchy legs and nodding off to sleep. The flight attendants were competent but seemed to prefer chatting amongst themselves in the galley rather than attending... still I understand they are famous for this skill (and not the only on...
87 photos 993 words 22 comments
Bogotá - Fernando Botero, the Man Who Paints Fat People
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Jan 15, 2006 - Jan 23, 2006
  Bogotá   Bogotá is the capital of Colombia. It’s located at an elevation of about 2,650 meters (8,660 feet) on a mountain-rimmed plateau high in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes Mountains near the equator. Its strategic location gives it spring-like weather, healthy vegetation and gorgeous flowers during the whole year.   Bogotá is sometimes called the “Athens of South America.” It is a picturesque city known for its colonial architecture, collection of pre-...
159 photos 4,137 words 68 comments
The End of the Boat Trip
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Dec 06, 2007 - May 06, 2008
Cartagena is a very beautiful city. The old city is enclosed in thick walls and protected by several old fortresses. In some places the walls are 40 feet thick and 40 feet high. The huge fortress overlooking the city on the hilltop is quite impressive with a labrynth of passageways inside the walls of the fort and great views over the city and ocean. The old city ajoins the new city of high-rise condos and a fancy harbor. The old city is very charming with narrow streets and old crumbling bui...
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